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  • Medicinal and Culinary Miscellany

    Alternative Title
    Fifteenth-century leaf from a medicinal and culinary miscellany (fol. 38)
    Subject
    Formulas, recipes, etc.--Manuscripts and Manuscripts
    Language
    ita and lat
    Date created
    1300s to 1600s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.It.1
    Extent
    33 leaves; 30 x 22 cm.
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Folio with old 17th-century foliation 31-62, modern foliation in pencil, on paper with the exception of one leaf of reused medieval parchment (36). Paper quality and size inconsistent, some watermarks visible. Bound in plain modern boards. A few leaves stained and fraying...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Purchased by Bruce and Dorothy Brown from Maggs Bros. Ltd, London, July 1992.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    miscellanies and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 1992-044-2
    Fonds Title
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC017
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdfSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2012-02-23
    Transcript
    Catalogue and preliminary identification of watermarks by Natasha O'Reilly, with the assistance of Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Boyarin, December 2016, available here:...
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.
    Keyword in Context
    Kerri ENSH483 Final Project Victoria, University of Victoria Libraries, Ms.Brown.It.1 Acc. 1992-044 Fifteenth-century leaf from a medicinal and culinary miscellany (fol. 38) Italy s. XV2 This study was completed by ENSH MA student Kerri Li for a manuscript ...

  • Leaf from a Breviary, Fragment

    Subject
    Hymns, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), Hymns, Latin, Music, and Breviaries
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    1500s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.22
    Extent
    1 leaf ; 43.5 x 29.5 cm
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Eight lines or music on recto, ten lines of music on verso. Staff lines and first letters are in red., Script type: Southern Textualis., One manuscript leaf on parchment., Square notation on five-line staves., and Red initials and rubrics, red staves.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Gift of Molly Ungar, 2017.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    breviaries, fragments (object portions), and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2017-033, Item: 1.1
    Fonds Title
    Molly Pulver Ungar collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC538
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/molly-ungar-collectionFragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-poplSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-lat-22.php
    Date Digitized
    2022-08-15
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Manuscript Fragment

    Subject
    Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    1500s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.23
    Extent
    1 leaf ; 41.5 x 29 cm
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Gift of Molly Ungar, 2017.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    fragments (object portions) and manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2017-033, Item: 1.2
    Fonds Title
    Molly Pulver Ungar collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC538
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/molly-ungar-collectionSpecial Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-lat-23.php
    Date Digitized
    2022-08-15
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI - 1/15; 283; bent5; camera 800 - 600DPI tiff archival scans by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Psalter?, Fragment

    Subject
    Bible. Psalms, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Medieval
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    1500s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Call Number: BX890 B5A1 1572 and Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.26
    Extent
    1 leaf ; 650 x 440 mm
    Geographic Coverage
    Italy
    Coordinates
    42.83333, 12.83333
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Margins have been trimmed to text block, with some loss of text (letters and half lines) at edges., Dimensions of front cover: 40.5 x 26.5 cm., Red capitals and red eight-point stars mark syntactical units. Stars are stamped not drawn., Southern textualis script type.,...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), psalters (books), and fragments (object portions)
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/fragm-lat-26.phpFragmentarium: https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-ty1n
    Date Digitized
    2022-05-11
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight TTI at 600 DPI tiff (1/15; 263; bent5; camera 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Statutes of the Order of the Garter

    Alternative Title
    Statutes of the Order of the Garter, in Thirteen Chapters
    Subject
    Charters, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Order of the Garter
    Creator
    Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1500s
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Text
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Ms.Brown.Eng.1
    Extent
    32 pages; vellum; plus frontspiece; 23 x 17 x 205 cm (pages 220 x 158 mm) 272 leave s, quarto [180x133mm], bound in later r ed morocco gilt.
    Geographic Coverage
    England
    Coordinates
    52.16045,-0.70312
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    26 lines to a page, ruled in red, written in dark brown ink in a calligraphic secretary hand with some flourishes, forty-seven illuminated initials (one 4-line, three 3-line, the rest 2-line) in gold, red and blue with white tracery, illuminated frontispiece with the...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    illuminated manuscripts
    Archival Item Identifier
    1989-069-8
    Fonds Title
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC017
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdfSpecial Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2019-10-23/2019-10-24
    Transcript
    Transcription and description by Sydney Terepocki and Luke Oldfield, as part of coursework for a manuscript studies class with Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin (ENGL), April 2015, is available here : https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/documents/ms-brown-eng-1.pdf
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/20;303 (some at 283);copy 4 stops; camera height 500) Item scanned in acrylic cradle and mylar used to hold pages down during scans. Work completed 23-24 Oct 2019 - PD. Metadata by KD.

  • Wax Seal of Edward VI

    Subject
    Manuscripts, Medieval and Seals (Numismatics)
    Creator
    Edward VI, King of England, 1537-1553
    Language
    lat
    Date created
    1547 to 1553
    Rights Statement
    No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Identifier
    Shelf Mark: Seal.Brown.1
    Extent
    Dark green wax seal; diameter 147 x 10-17 mm thickness; over two vellum tags (250 x 36 mm).
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    65 x 15 mm portion missing from upper edge with loss of text on both sides; square hole (2 1/2 mm) in right margin [to test for melting point?].
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
    Provenance
    Antique Shop in Hartingford Bury, U.K. Donated by Bruce and Dorothy Brown.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    seals (marks)
    Archival Item Identifier
    1989-069-7
    Fonds Title
    Bruce and Dorothy Brown Collection
    Fonds Identifier
    SC017
    Is Referenced By
    Archival finding aid: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/brown_collection_manuscripts.pdf Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
    Date Digitized
    2012-02-23
    Transcript
    Latin text: "[break]DEI GR[ ]TIA MAGNAE BRITANNIA [blank portion] FRANCIAE ET HIBER.REX FIDEI DEFENSO [back at break]"; Text: "[break]FIDEI DEFENSOR MAGNVS BRITANNIAE [illegible portion] HIBERNIAE REX FIDEI [back at break]".
    Technical Note
    Metadata by KD.